1-1. Johnny's position in the Lapham household is that he is the the boss of the attic with the apprentices, and almost of the house. He was a young apprentice.
1-2. Dove is mad that Johnny is a younger apprentice than him and that he rules over him. Johnny, on the other hand , doesn't mind Dove and is just doing his job.
3-1 Johnny is very serious about his job and makes sure that everyone is doing theirs correctly, so nothing bad happens. When Johnny gets older, his plans for the future was to be a silversmith. He can picture his shop, crowded with boys and their parents, wanting to work for him.
3-2 The partriots and their beliefs are presented in Mr. Hancock and Sam Adams are calling themselves patriots. Never reading God's word like their parents did- which is telling us to be humble.
4-1 Johnny is working, and Mr. Lapham was sleeping, and Dusty and Dove were swimming. That shows that he is committed to his job and that he doesn't get distracted easily.
6-1 The crest of Lytes looks like an eye, rising up from the sea, light streamed out from the cup. The feelings it conveys is saddness because the symbol is stamped on the gravestones of the Lyte family.
Unit 2:The Pride of YourPower
1-1 Johnny turns down Paul Revere's offer because if he left the Laphams house, nothing there would ever get done, and they would just about starve.
3-1 The small, important, events leading to Johnny's accident are he took the cracked crucible and put it on top of the furnace. Some of the beeswax that Johnny had used had been left too close to the furnace and began to melt. The silver ran over the furnace and Johnny went to go stop it.
5-1 Johnny's life changes when he has a crippled hand. He has to learn to do things like sweep and lug charcoal and wood for the fireplace. He was given smaller tasks that were easier for him.
Unit 3:An Earth of Brass
1-1 Rab tells Johnny that he can still get a job with his crippled hand. He would have to do more unskilled jobs though.
3-1 "Earth of Brass" is referring to Johnny when he has to give up being a silversmith and work with other things easier for him to do with his hand.
Unit 4: The Rising Eye
1-1 Merchant Lyte is a rude person who doesnt believe that he is related to Johnny. He thinks that because he is really rich, he does not want Johnny into the family because he is poor.
5-2 The courts decision favors Johnny because of Cilla, the eight-year old girl. After he saw her, he immediately dismissed the case.
Unit 5: The Boston Observer
2-1 Johnny's responsibilities as a messanger were he would ride on the horse and deliver the messages. It was an important link in the Whig communitcation system because he would deliver the messages from one member of the Whigs to another.
3&4-1 Johnny's feelings about the differences in his life since he left the Laphams are he liked his new life, yet he was still a little home sick from the Laphams.
3&4-2 People tend to live up to the expectations of others because they want to keep a good reputation, and they dont want to let the other people who expect things from them down.
3&4-3 Rab suggests that Johnny should think before he speaks.
3&4-4 The Obeservers Club is a treasonous organization because they would plan attacks against England.
Unit 6: Salt-Water Tea
5-1 The skill that Johnny must develop to play a part in the Tea Party is he had to hold the axe with his left hand, and steady it with his bad, right, hand.
Unit 7: The Flddler's Bill
1-1 The punishment that England will impose on the colonists for the Boston Tea Party is the port at Boston, is closed. Not one ship will enter or leave, unless it is a warship.
1-2 The punnishment united the jealous, often indefferent, seperate colonies. The Tea Party had not done that. They were stronger than ever before.
3-2 Johnny protects Dove when the boys tease him. Johnny has changed because he knows what it feels like to be bullied. Johnny didn't like it when people would mess with him about his hand, so, Johnny didn't want Dove to be teased.
4-1 Johnny's feelings have changed twords Mrs. Lapham when at first, Johnny didn't like Mrs. Lapham. Later, after Mr. Lapham died, Johnny starts to think that maybe Mrs. Lapham is not that bad.
5-1 Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household is Mrs. Bessie.
Unit 8: A World to Come
1-1 The mob is pursuing the Lytes because Lavanna's father who is desperately sick.
2-1 The information that the bible reveals about Johnny's ancestory is Merchant Lyte with his daughter Lavinia who, after marrige, died from a plague. His other girls died at infancy and his son drowned.
2-2 When Johnny says, "This is the end. The end of one thing- the beginning of something else." The events that Johnny's statement refers to is the Civil War.
5-1 The freedom that James Otis proposes to procure for people is that no child shall be sent out of their country as a refugee from religion or race.
Unit 9: The Scarlet Deluge
3-1 Johnny has changed from the beginning of this book. He has changed because of him not being able to use his hand, he couldnt be a silversmith. He worked for Rab as a newspaper deliverer. His people skills has changed a lot also.
3-2 The minute men are preparing for war by making their own bullets and a cartridge, to fit his own gun.
5-1 When Johnny looks into the "the face of death" he feels sad and burries his hands in his face, filled with tears.
Unit 10: "Desperse, Ye Rebels"
1-1 The occurences that led the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels are the British transports.
Unit 11: Yankee Doodle
1-1 The first battle occurred at Concord. The Minute Men were defeated because the battle of 700 (British) against 70 (us). The British thought that this battle was easy for them.
3-1 The British are unable to punish the opposition leaders because they are all gone.
4-1 The detail about Johnny that convinced Lavinia to find out about Johnny's past was the widow peak upon his forehead. Another detail was the way he walked, it was just like his mother. 5-1 "A boy in time of peace, and a man in time of war" means that when things are going fine, Johnny acts like a boy, carefree and fun. In times of war, Johnny will act like a man and fight for the things that he believes are worth fighting for.
Unit 12: A Man Can Stand Up
1-1 Johnny changes his appearance by dressing up like a British foot soldier. 2-1 Johnny is amazed that the rebels have defeated the British because after seeing the British army, he believed that they were truly invincible. 3-1 Johnny's thoughts, as he stands on Lexington Green, are where many soldiers had risked their lived and they had died. Johnny's emotional response was he began to cry. 5-1 Rab dies because the doctors did not know how to stop so much bleeding from his wound in the war. Johnny's reaction to his death was he moved off into a strange, lonely world, where nothing seemed real.
Unit 1: Up and About
1-1. Johnny's position in the Lapham household is that he is the the boss of the attic with the apprentices, and almost of the house. He was a young apprentice.
1-2. Dove is mad that Johnny is a younger apprentice than him and that he rules over him. Johnny, on the other hand , doesn't mind Dove and is just doing his job.
3-1 Johnny is very serious about his job and makes sure that everyone is doing theirs correctly, so nothing bad happens. When Johnny gets older, his plans for the future was to be a silversmith. He can picture his shop, crowded with boys and their parents, wanting to work for him.
3-2 The partriots and their beliefs are presented in Mr. Hancock and Sam Adams are calling themselves patriots. Never reading God's word like their parents did- which is telling us to be humble.
4-1 Johnny is working, and Mr. Lapham was sleeping, and Dusty and Dove were swimming. That shows that he is committed to his job and that he doesn't get distracted easily.
6-1 The crest of Lytes looks like an eye, rising up from the sea, light streamed out from the cup. The feelings it conveys is saddness because the symbol is stamped on the gravestones of the Lyte family.
Unit 2:The Pride of Your Power
1-1 Johnny turns down Paul Revere's offer because if he left the Laphams house, nothing there would ever get done, and they would just about starve.3-1 The small, important, events leading to Johnny's accident are he took the cracked crucible and put it on top of the furnace. Some of the beeswax that Johnny had used had been left too close to the furnace and began to melt. The silver ran over the furnace and Johnny went to go stop it.
5-1 Johnny's life changes when he has a crippled hand. He has to learn to do things like sweep and lug charcoal and wood for the fireplace. He was given smaller tasks that were easier for him.
Unit 3:An Earth of Brass
1-1 Rab tells Johnny that he can still get a job with his crippled hand. He would have to do more unskilled jobs though.
3-1 "Earth of Brass" is referring to Johnny when he has to give up being a silversmith and work with other things easier for him to do with his hand.
Unit 4: The Rising Eye
1-1 Merchant Lyte is a rude person who doesnt believe that he is related to Johnny. He thinks that because he is really rich, he does not want Johnny into the family because he is poor.
5-2 The courts decision favors Johnny because of Cilla, the eight-year old girl. After he saw her, he immediately dismissed the case.
Unit 5: The Boston Observer
2-1 Johnny's responsibilities as a messanger were he would ride on the horse and deliver the messages. It was an important link in the Whig communitcation system because he would deliver the messages from one member of the Whigs to another.
3&4-1 Johnny's feelings about the differences in his life since he left the Laphams are he liked his new life, yet he was still a little home sick from the Laphams.
3&4-2 People tend to live up to the expectations of others because they want to keep a good reputation, and they dont want to let the other people who expect things from them down.
3&4-3 Rab suggests that Johnny should think before he speaks.
3&4-4 The Obeservers Club is a treasonous organization because they would plan attacks against England.
Unit 6: Salt-Water Tea
5-1 The skill that Johnny must develop to play a part in the Tea Party is he had to hold the axe with his left hand, and steady it with his bad, right, hand.
Unit 7: The Flddler's Bill
1-1 The punishment that England will impose on the colonists for the Boston Tea Party is the port at Boston, is closed. Not one ship will enter or leave, unless it is a warship.
1-2 The punnishment united the jealous, often indefferent, seperate colonies. The Tea Party had not done that. They were stronger than ever before.
3-2 Johnny protects Dove when the boys tease him. Johnny has changed because he knows what it feels like to be bullied. Johnny didn't like it when people would mess with him about his hand, so, Johnny didn't want Dove to be teased.
4-1 Johnny's feelings have changed twords Mrs. Lapham when at first, Johnny didn't like Mrs. Lapham. Later, after Mr. Lapham died, Johnny starts to think that maybe Mrs. Lapham is not that bad.
5-1 Sam Adams' spy in the Lyte household is Mrs. Bessie.
Unit 8: A World to Come
1-1 The mob is pursuing the Lytes because Lavanna's father who is desperately sick.
2-1 The information that the bible reveals about Johnny's ancestory is Merchant Lyte with his daughter Lavinia who, after marrige, died from a plague. His other girls died at infancy and his son drowned.
2-2 When Johnny says, "This is the end. The end of one thing- the beginning of something else." The events that Johnny's statement refers to is the Civil War.
5-1 The freedom that James Otis proposes to procure for people is that no child shall be sent out of their country as a refugee from religion or race.
Unit 9: The Scarlet Deluge
3-1 Johnny has changed from the beginning of this book. He has changed because of him not being able to use his hand, he couldnt be a silversmith. He worked for Rab as a newspaper deliverer. His people skills has changed a lot also.
3-2 The minute men are preparing for war by making their own bullets and a cartridge, to fit his own gun.
5-1 When Johnny looks into the "the face of death" he feels sad and burries his hands in his face, filled with tears.
Unit 10: "Desperse, Ye Rebels"
1-1 The occurences that led the patriots to believe the British are beginning to move against the rebels are the British transports.
Unit 11: Yankee Doodle
1-1 The first battle occurred at Concord. The Minute Men were defeated because the battle of 700 (British) against 70 (us). The British thought that this battle was easy for them.
3-1 The British are unable to punish the opposition leaders because they are all gone.
4-1 The detail about Johnny that convinced Lavinia to find out about Johnny's past was the widow peak upon his forehead. Another detail was the way he walked, it was just like his mother.5-1 "A boy in time of peace, and a man in time of war" means that when things are going fine, Johnny acts like a boy, carefree and fun. In times of war, Johnny will act like a man and fight for the things that he believes are worth fighting for.
Unit 12: A Man Can Stand Up
1-1 Johnny changes his appearance by dressing up like a British foot soldier.2-1 Johnny is amazed that the rebels have defeated the British because after seeing the British army, he believed that they were truly invincible.
3-1 Johnny's thoughts, as he stands on Lexington Green, are where many soldiers had risked their lived and they had died. Johnny's emotional response was he began to cry.
5-1 Rab dies because the doctors did not know how to stop so much bleeding from his wound in the war. Johnny's reaction to his death was he moved off into a strange, lonely world, where nothing seemed real.